MEDICINAL PLANT RESEARCH
Medicinal plant research unit is actively engaged in:
- Medico-Ethno-Botanical survey studies
- Botanical authentication of raw drugs for pharmacy formulations, various IMR projects and outside samples.
- Collection of available medicinal plants from natural habitats and its supply to other peripheral institutes of CCRAs for different IMR projects as per the request from respective institutes.
Major accomplishments
- Maintains a raw drug repository of authenticated medicinal plant raw drugs for research and reference.
- International indexed herbarium with acronym NARIPH, housed the medicinal plants collected from different parts of Kerala.
- Maintains a demonstrative medicinal plant garden with around 120 plant species.
Completed Projects
- Establishment of Nursery Centre at Cheruthuruthy for Eight Commonly used Medicinal Plants – NMPB (National Medicinal Plants Board) funded EMR Project.
- Medico Ethno Botanical Survey in the forest areas of Palakkad district of Kerala state and Preparation of Monographs
- Medico Ethno Botanical Survey in the forest areas of Wayanad District of Kerala
- Documentation of traditional food recipes and ethno medicinal values among the Muthuvan tribes of Idukki, Kerala
- In vitro propagation and genetic stability studies of Ipomoea mauritiana – a rare medicinal plant
- Inventory of Phyto-diversity of medicinal importance used in Ayurveda of Jubilee Mission Medical College Thrissur,
- Inventory of Phyto-diversity of medicinal importance used in Ayurveda in the premises of NARIP Cheruthuruthy
Ongoing Projects
- Medico Ethno Botanical survey of Malappuram District, Kerala
- Inventory of Phyto-diversity of medicinal importance used in Ayurveda of Ahilya Medical College ,Thrissur